Cigarette-pack and holder therefor.



BROUSSAUD. CIGARETTE PACK AND HOLDER THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.30. 1911.

996,968. v Patented July 4,1911.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES j PATENT OFFICE.

EDOUARD IBEOUSSAUD. OF ANGOULEME, FRANCE, ASSIGNC-R 0F ONE-HALF TO THE MILLER, DU BRUL & PETERS MFG. (30., OF CINCI'NNATL' OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CIGARETTEPACK AND HOLDER THEREFOR.

996,5lti8.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1911.

Application filed January 30, 1911. Serial No. 605,564.

" which may be mentioned crushing and bruising the pap-er, contamination of the paper and bulk of the usual full size book; and with this and minor objects in View, my invention consists of the parts and combination of parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a holder and pack embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the holder and pack with the holder fully open; Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3--3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line t a Fig. 2; when closed Fig. 5 is an en largcd detail sectional view; Fig. (3 is a top plan View of the paper pack; Fi 7 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 7, Fig.

6; Fig. 8 is an end view of the pack and its backing.

The holder for the paperpack consists of a base 1, from which extend upwardly vertical spacing members 2 on three sides of the base, there being formed in each of the three spacing members a rib 3 forming a seat or cover stop 4. The spacing members are not connected to each other at the corncrs abovh the ribs 3, so that this portion of the spacing members is free to yield to the cover, whereby the cover is securely held in closed position by reason of thc'inherent spring quality ofnvhich the spacing members are preferably constructed.

are stops cut from the two diametri-' minates below the upper edge of the otherspacing members, said ar'cnate spacing member being provided with tong res G which are bent downwardly and nwardly to form holder is provided with depending hinge members, the lower portion of the tongues 7 forms a projection from the arenate member to form a stop within the holder.

The cover or upper member 8 of the flanges 9 extending around the side and front edges thereof, while the rear edge is provided with a depending arcnate flange terminating in tongues 10 constructed to be bent to form hinge members. The cover and the lower member of the holder'are connected together by means of a pintle passing through the hinge members before referred to.

The top and bottom members are each provided with a rib 11, thepurpose of which is to stiffen the members and at the sametime form aframe of any desired shape, to protect a label that may be pasted within the space bounded by said rib from being torn off in handling the holder.

It will be'noticed that when the cover is closed, the lower edges of the flanges rest upon the seat 1 formed by the rib 3 on the vertical spacing members, and also serves as a protection to the lower edges of the flanges to prevent catching and opening in handling.

The cigarette paper pack consists of a se'. ries of leaves bound together at one end, preferably by means of a fine wire 12, which terminates in a. hook 13.

14 is a comparatively stilt backing to which the pack of cigarette papers is secured oranehored by means of the hook 13 engaging one end of the backing, as more clearly shown in Fig. 7. It will be noted that the backing extends approximately onehalf the length of the cigarette papers.

15 is an envelop, the side flaps 1(5 of which are pasted or otherwise suitably secured to the backing 14, while the tongue 17 is pasted over the flaps 16; thus forming a. pocket or envelop a ttaehcd to the backing, into which one-half of the length of the cigarette papers is incloscd, the remaining portion of the cigarette papers extending beyond thev envelop and the backing, all ofwhieh isolearly. shown in Fig. 7 i

' he pack of cigarette papers is placed in i and the stops 7 engaging the exposed end of 1 other sheets.

the backing let. .lhe free or exposed ends of'the cigarette papers are now folded down into the bottom of the holder by closing the cover upon them, the resiliency of the free portions of thespacing members abo've'the seat 4 securely holding the cover in locked position, thus securely inclosing the ciga- ,rette-papers and protecting them from dirt 'and from being crushed, crumpled and wasted. j

To-remove a single sheet of cigarette paper, the cover is raised, thus exposing the free ends of the paper, the edges of which are, as will be seen from Figs. 1 and 3, arranged on an oblique line whereby a single heet may be easily and readily withdrawn 'rom the pack without disturbing any of the It will be noted thzit the arcuate shape of. the hinged side of the holder conforms to the bend of the pack of cigarette papers and tends to hold the pack snugly in the box. In pullingseparate sheets from the-packin the holder, the pack is prevented from raising by means of the stops 5 and 7, as has already been described.

. This pack and holder will prove very economical to smokers, because the holder is durable and saves the expense of a cover for each pad, inasmuch as the packs or pads of paper may be sold separate from the holder.

I claim: 4

a 1 The combination with a holder for thereof projecting slightly into the lower member to form stops, of a cigarette paper pack comprising a series of flatleaves bound at one end only and a comparatively stilt (backing for said pack to which the pack is anchored at one end only,-sa1d back being:- eonstructed to engage the said stops of the holder to retain the pack in said holder and atthe same time permit the leaves of the pack to be readily detached from the pack.

2. A holder for cigarette paper comprismg a lower member having I'lbS on three sides, llangcs extending upwardly from said three sides beyond said ribs and disconnected at their points of juncture, whereby each .flange is free to act under its own resiliency, lugs struck up from the two side flanges and extending inwardly in the lower memberand spaced from the bottom thereof, hinge-members struck up from the rear wall of the lower member-and bent to receve a hinge intle the lower edges of said hinge members torm'ing a projection to serve as catches to hold an article in said lower member, and an upper member hinged to the lower member and constructed to act as a cover for said lower member, the ribs of the lower member acting as stops for the cover or upper member.

3. A cigarette paper holder com rising a base, three spacing members exten ing vertically from three sides of the base and. provided with ribs to form a seat for a cover, the spacing members being free from each other at the corners above the ribs, lugs extending inwardly from two of the spacing members diametrically opposite each other and spaced from the base to serve as holders for a package on said base; a fourth spacing member extending upwardly in an are from the base and terminatin in tongues which are bent inward and ownward to form hinge members, the lower edge of the tongues projecting to form a stop, and a cover having three tlan es depending at right angles therefrom and a depending arcuate flange terminating in tongues bent to form hinge members, and a pintle connecting the hinge members of the base and cover, in combination with a device anchored in said box by the tongues. and stop, and a commodity detachably held in said box by said device.

4. A cigarette paper pack comprising a series of flat leaves bound together at one end only, a comparatively rigid backing ex tending half the length of the pack from the bound end, a hook connecting the bound end of said leaves to one end of said backing, and

a casing secured to said backing and inclos-' ing approximately one-half the len th of said leaves, said leaves being adapted to be folded midway their length over the backing, whereby the free edge of each leaf is presented in advance of the next succeeding le f.

The foregoing specification signed at Bor-= EDOUARD BROUSSAUD.

ln presence of two witnesses- A. H. RAPP, HENRY PHILLIPS. 

